Andy Wilman was the producer that worked with Clarkson on Motorworld... Years before Top Gear they went to Vietnam and Jeremy rode a moped. It never get's a mention, and it's well worth watching the early development of their working relationship.
@@getty5788 Yes, that's why I defined it as their working relationship developing, not their relationship as friends. Apparently the name Stig came from the school they were at together.
@@wessexdruid7598 I too recall Stig Of The Dump... But the term Stig was used to describe a particular type of pupil at the school that they went to. I can't remember at the minute exactly what it referenced, but I do recall Either Jeremy or Andy clearly defining where it came from. It was definitely not from Stig Of The Dump. Edit: At original Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's public school Repton, all new boys were called "stig".
Such a refreshing change to watch an interview where the interviewer actually keeps quiet when the interviewee is speaking. She just allowed Andy to speak. Fantastic.
I feel the Vietnam motorbike and the Seaman special are two of the best and most original pieces of entertainment this group ever created. Excellent programming and thank you for the pleasure of continuing to produce for us to see.
I just like to say how refreshing it it's to have an interviewer that actually listens and let's the guy speak instead of yelling all kinds of nonsense!
Having spent my teen years in rural Alabama, I was laughing my ass off when I first saw that episode, my thinking was right along with the cop's: "Are y'all out of your damned minds? Do you have any idea where you are?" One of my fondest wishes is to meet at least one of the lads and introduce myself, adding "I'm from Alabama"....just to see the look on his/their face/s! xD
@@JakkeJakobsen They want to have the sensory sensation of beating the shit out of someone. Shows what happens when their autism isn’t accommodated by professionals
The comment about letting the trio's relationship develop is very true. It's noticable now that Top Gear since they all left is a very, very forced "Hey we're three funny friends" kind of setup and it doesn't work anymore and it's obvious that the BBC have screwed with it too much.
It reminds me of when the History channel took a go at Top Gear in America. You could tell when the studio took a step back and let that trios relationship develop naturally, it became a far better show.
@@voteDC What's absolutely hilarious is that Rutledge, Adam, and Tanner have stayed friends even to this day. While you could see it towards the end of the run of that show, it's especially true now that on the rare occasion when two or all three are able to get together the chemistry is very much like Jeremy, James, and Richard's is. If they were given another shot at it, I think they'd be fantastic.
I like that there's a hype before these specials. Because you know they're gonna be good. They're kinda like the modern day equivalent of Led Zeppelin. And I live only 20 minutes away from the car part shop Bilextra where they fell on their arses on the ice. And the worst thing was that I got tipped they were in the area at the same time as the media, but of course I was semi-decomposing in my bed with corona.
@@captainnewfoundland1338 yes, road salt would work as a conservation for cadavers. But, I used the word decomposing in a figurative meaning, due to my sickness at the time. If you mean because of the ice outside the shop, the mild weather came quickly and lots of snow, and also we don't use a lot of road salt up here because the roads are bad enough and to put an extra factor of rust on top of that would not be fair...
I remember coming home from school as a child to watch the USA Special - I’m so glad it worked out how it did for you all! So many years of great laughs.
I shall have to finishing all the Grand Tour specials & the road trips, the stunts they got up to were just beyond words, how they got to launch a full scale reliant robin, the paperwork alone would be staggering, but the indestructible Hilux always has a soft spot in my heart, as I have owned 2 & still have my 2nd one parked up under the house, god they were good shows.
As a kid before going to bed when I was scared shitless of something from a movie or a video or whatever, I would always sneak up my DVD player and put the specials on to calm me down. Jeremy, James and Richard were and always will be nothing but a form of stress relief for me.
Not since the special with the roads that dropped a thousand feet with no guard rails have I been so convinced I was going to watch one of them bite it. Don’t kill them, Mr Wilman
You mean in Bolivia? It's Cotapata-Santa Bárbara section of the Yungas Road (which itself is a cycle route) and since 2006 it has a paved by-pass, while the special was filmed in 2009. But paved by-pass isn't a good television, is it... Actually, until I saw Mr. Wilman here talking about Alabama I assumed the whole thing was indeed scripted. Alright, maybe they were also truthful that Jeremy's number plate in Patagonia was genuine as well?
i want to know why theyve never gone to canada to do a bigger special they did the hammond moutain thing but that had other segments and they did the suv test but they reveiwed other cars and both time they only went to britsh Columbia they show see other bits of canada there hasnt been a full only show things in canada episode
For me, the moment that changed everything in Top Gear, when they must have realized that there was actually no limit to how outrageous their capers could be, was the Car Boats Redux, where Jeremy's converted pickup truck was sailed across the channel from Dover to Sangatte. Yet I never see any mention of that as any kind of pivotal moment, or even as a particularly memorable one. I'm wondering why that is?......
"Can we do old cars break8ng down again" yes do anything with all 3 guys and we will watch. I would pay to have access to all the stuff thats been edited out ffs
Wow. This russian idea sounds brilliant, what a shame it didn't work out. As far as I'm aware of, TopGear has never really been to russia, which is already strange, given that it is a very exotic, vast country not far from us, that nobody really knows anything about. Sounds like the perfect adventure-location. Unfortunatelly, it seems like this will not be possible in the next decade or so anymore.
Top gears has been to some of the most exotic and, sadly, troublesome places all over the world. Ukraine (including Crimea) years before the 2014 annexation, Myanmar (in the Shan State) Iraq and Syria (1 year before the Syrian Civil war broke out) are examples.
I was going to praise her for keeping quiet and letting Andy speak, but I don't think she had any knowledge of the shows they'd done to be able to interrupt him. But anyway, a good interview.
By "conservative" he means they are a large, extremely public company very very mindful of their image, and that could potentially lose a lot money if they offend viewers (or non-viewers for that matter), so they have a lot to lose from taking chances. Like most large corporations. Not everything is about politics
@@seanbonella yeah but i have catched up and watched all episodes of the grand tour. also highlights of their top gear times. im only 30 and didnt know about them during my childhood days.
Unspoken rule of motorsports.....never drive a vehicle, at speed towards a solid wall! James May was extremely fortunate. Todd Wilkes unfortunately, was not! That both vehicles were coincidentally yellow, and that colour colloquially being associated with being "chicken" makes it all the worse! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6K4ZGVvNtag.html
Before I watched the 2007 usa special I thought American life was like the movies e.g romcoms etc but after watching 60 minutes of it I realised how bad the country really is.
I wrote to Wilman about doing a Christmas Special about doing my job in Arizona... basically American H/D trucks...what we did out there had so many comedic aspects to it, but sadly he never responded... I couldn't wait to see the guys getting their CDL medicals, where you get you 'nuts' checked to see if they're biggest enough for the job :)
Rednecks aren't scary, once they realised that it was a skit and they weren't commies it would have been fine. Probably missed a great BBQ and great footage if it was played different.
Clarkson Hammond and May haven't been funny for years, same old gags being done over and over again. James May by himself seems to be the only one that can carry a show, the other two on there respective shows just come across as dull and stupid
